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(No Mcdel.) 2 .Sheets-Sheet 1.

W. H. CRAWFORD.

QUILTING FRAME.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

W. H. GRAW'PGRD. QUILTI'NG FRABL'.l

No. 579,472. Patented-Mar. 23, 1.897.

ingly-disposed pawls the rollers, when adjusted to the requiredposition, are held against turning either way and remain iiXed, so thatthe tension upon the goods cannot be accidentally changed, therebyadmitting of the quilting having a uniform appearance and preventingwrinkling and straining of the layers to be quilted by reason of the teusion upon the goods being inadvertently altered byaperson or objectcoming in contact with one or the other of the rollers.

Brackets 17 are attached to the transverse beams 9 and are intended tosupport lamps 18, thereby enabling the device to be used at night. Byhaving the brackets secured to the transverse beams the light is lowdown and will enable the seamstress to effect the quilting with thesaine ease as in the daytime, and by providing a lamp at each end deepshadows are avoided, since the rays of light coming from opposite pointswill dispel and obviate the casting of shadows such as would result ifonly one lamp were einployed.

A wire or rod 19 is located below the longitudinal bar 4, and its endspass through the upper portion of the standards 2, and in order toprevent the middle portion of the wire or rod from sagging it issupported by eyelets or fastenings 20, let into the beam 4 and engagingwith the said wire or rod.

2l represents spools of thread or cotton placed upon the wire or rod 19,so as to be within convenient reach and ready at hand when it isrequired to replenish the needle during the quilting operation. Theprovision of the wire or rod 19 obviates the vexation and annoyanceoccasioned by looking for a misplaced spool of cotton when a length ofthread to supply the needle is required.

The eyelets 2O in addition to supporting the Wire 19 intermediate of itsends form stops for the spools to engage with and limit their movementupon the wire in one direction and confine them within certain limits.

The fabric or goods to be quilted is attached at its ends to the rollersin any convenient Way, so as to be drawn taut by being wound upon therollers when turning the latter, and it may be wound upon the rollers inthe same or opposite directions, and one end portion may pass over oneroller and the opposite end portion beneath the other roller, or the endY portions may pass either over or beneath both rollers, as desired andfound most convenient.

Vheu the quilter is in use, the transverse beams 9 will occupy ahorizontal position and are held in place by the pins 13 passing throughregistering openings 1l and 12.

When it is desired to set the device to one side, so as not to be in theway, the pins 13 are removed and the beams 9 are turned into an u pright or nearly vertical position after which the pins 13 are replaced andpass through alining openings 11 and l2, thereby preventing the beamsfrom accidentally assuming a horizontal position.

The structure can be quickly reduced to a knockdown condition byremoving the pins G, the keys S, and the bolts lO, after which theloosened parts can be closely packed and laid aside until required foruse.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- Theherein shown and described device for the purposes set forth, comprisingvertical standards attached at theirlower ends to basepieces and notchedat their upper ends,alower longitudinal beam having tenon ends passingthrough mortises near the lower ends of the standards, and havingtransverse openings in the projecting end portions of the tenons, keysthrust through the transverse openings in the said tenons, an upperlongitudinal beam having notches in its sides to receive the notchedends of the standards, pins for connecting the standards and upperlongitudinal beam, a wire or rod below the upper longitudinal beam andsupported from the latter intermediate of its ends, and having its endslet into the standards, transverse beams having pivotal connection withthe standards and provided with lamp-supporting brackets, means forsecuring the transverse beams in either a horizontal or an uprightposition, rollers journaled at their ends to the transverse beams, andmeans for securing the rollers against rotation in each direction,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afIiXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

\ VILLIAM Il. CRA'W FORD.

Witnesses:

ELI OXFORD, JAMEs M. SMITH.

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